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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004

Commission file number 000-26591

RGC RESOURCES, INC.

(successor to Roanoke Gas Company)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (540) 777-4427

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).    Yes  ¨    No  x

State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant as of November 30, 2004. $ 50,019,537

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the last practicable date.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Portions of the RGC Resources, Inc. 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Parts II and IV hereof.

Portions of the RGC Resources, Inc. Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.

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PART I

Forward-Looking Statements

From time to time, RGC Resources, Inc. (the “Company” or “Resources”) may publish forward-looking statements relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects, technological developments, new products, research and development activities and similar matters. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, development and results of the Company’s business include the following: (i) failure to earn on a consistent basis an adequate return on invested capital; (ii) increasing expenses and labor costs and labor availability; (iii) price competition from alternative fuels; (iv) volatility in the price and availability of natural gas; (v) uncertainty in the projected rate of growth of natural gas requirements in the Company’s service area; (vi) general economic conditions both locally and nationally; (vii) increases in interest rates; (viii) increased customer delinquencies and conservation efforts resulting from high fuel costs and/or colder weather; (ix) developments in electricity and natural gas deregulation and associated industry restructuring; (x) variations in winter heating degree-days from normal; (xi) changes in environmental requirements, pipeline operating requirements and cost of compliance; (xii) impact of potential increased governmental oversight and compliance costs due the Sarbanes-Oxley law; (xiii) failure to obtain timely rate relief for increasing operation or gas costs from regulatory authorities; (xiv) ability to raise debt or equity capital; (xv) impact of uncertainties in the Middle East and related terrorism issues, and (xvi) new accounting standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which could change the accounting treatment for certain transactions. All of these factors are difficult to predict and many are beyond the Company’s control. Accordingly, while the Company believes its forward-looking statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will approximate actual experience or that the expectations derived from them will be realized. When used in the Company’s documents or news releases, the words, “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast” or similar words or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or “may” are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Historical Development

The Company was initially incorporated in Virginia on July 31, 1998 for the primary purpose of becoming the holding company for Roanoke Gas Company (“Roanoke Gas”) and its former subsidiaries, Bluefield Gas Company (“Bluefield Gas”) and Diversified Energy Company (“Diversified”). Effective July 1, 1999, Roanoke Gas and its subsidiaries were reorganized into a holding company structure (the “Reorganization”). As a result of the Reorganization: (i) Resources became a holding company owned by the former shareholders of Roanoke Gas; (ii) Resources became the sole owner of the stock of Roanoke Gas, Bluefield Gas and Diversified; (iii) Commonwealth Public Service Corporation, a former subsidiary of Bluefield, merged its natural gas distribution business into Roanoke Gas; (iv) Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas continued to operate in the natural gas distribution business as subsidiaries of Resources; and (v) Diversified continued to carry on its nonutility propane business as a subsidiary of Resources.

Roanoke Gas was organized as a public service corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1912. The principal service of Roanoke Gas was, and continues to be, the distribution and sale

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of natural gas. Commencing in 1972, the distribution and sale of propane gas was added to Roanoke Gas’ line of business. The propane business was transferred to Diversified in January 1979. Diversified, which is not a public utility, distributes and sells propane in Southwestern Virginia and Southern West Virginia.

On May 15, 1987, Roanoke Gas, through a series of merger transactions, acquired 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Bluefield Gas, a public service corporation, organized in 1944 under the laws of the State of West Virginia and principally engaged in the distribution of natural gas in Bluefield, West Virginia and surrounding areas, and Gas Service, Inc. (“Gas Service”), a nonpublic utility affiliate (through common directors and shareholders) of Bluefield Gas, which was engaged in the sale of propane in southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia. After obtaining requisite shareholder approval and the approvals of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Virginia Commission”) and the West Virginia Public Service Commission (“West Virginia Commission”), Gas Service was merged into Diversified, and Bluefield Gas became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Roanoke Gas. Prior to the Reorganization, Bluefield Gas owned all of the issued and outstanding stock of Commonwealth, a small Virginia public service corporation organized in 1930 as the subsidiary of a predecessor corporation to Bluefield Gas.

In March 1994, the Highland Gas Marketing (currently Highland Energy) division of Diversified was established to broker natural gas to several industrial transportation customers of Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas.

On January 6, 2000, RGC Ventures, Inc. (“RGC Ventures”), a newly created subsidiary of Resources, was merged with Cox Heating and Cooling, Inc., headquartered in Beckley, West Virginia. Cox Heating and Cooling, Inc. provided sales, installation and service for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment in West Virginia with offices in Beckley and Lewisburg, West Virginia. The new organization operated as a division of RGC Ventures and conducts business as Highland Heating and Cooling (“Highland Heating”).

In September 2001, the Company decided to restructure Highland Heating and Cooling due to poor performance. During fiscal 2002, the Company decided to discontinue the sales of heating and air conditioning equipment and continue the service operations with the intent of merging Highland Heating and Cooling into Diversified to improve efficiencies and reduce costs.

In September 2003, the Company completed the merger of RGC Ventures, Inc. into Diversified.

On November 19, 1999, Resources acquired the assets of GIS/GPS Solutions, Inc. in order to offer geographic mapping technology, combined with database management tools, to develop user friendly, broad based management information systems. In July 2002, the operations function of GIS Resources, Inc. was transferred into Roanoke Gas, and the GIS corporate entity was dissolved.

On October 11, 2000, the information technology department of Resources formed Application Resources, Inc. to provide information technology consulting services to Orcom Solutions, Inc.

On July 12, 2004, Resources sold the propane assets of its subsidiary, Diversified Energy Company, d/b/a Highland Propane Company, for approximately $28,500,000 in cash to Inergy Propane, LLC. The sale of assets encompassed nearly all of the propane plant assets, including the name “Highland Propane,” customer accounts receivable, propane gas inventory and inventory of propane related materials. Resources realized an after tax gain of approximately $9,500,000 on the sale of assets.

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Services

Resources maintains an integrated natural gas distribution system. Natural gas is purchased from suppliers and distributed to residential, commercial and large industrial users through underground mains and services. Approximately 90.2 percent of the Company’s customers are residential, approximately 9.7 percent are commercial users, and the remaining percentage is made up of large industrial and transportation customers, who received approximately 31 percent of the Company’s total annual delivered volume in 2004 under the Company’s interruptible tariff and transportation gas services.

Resources’ natural gas distribution business accounted for approximately 81 percent, 85 percent and 83 percent of the total revenues, excluding discontinued operations, generated by the Company in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Increases or decreases in the cost of natural gas are passed on to customers through the purchased gas adjustment mechanism. Therefore, the Company’s revenues are impacted by changes in gas costs as well as by changes in volume due to weather and economic conditions. Furthermore, higher gas costs, which the Company is able to pass through to customers, may cause customers to conserve or, in the case of industrial customers, to use alternative energy sources.

The Company’s retail sales are seasonal and temperature-sensitive as the majority of the gas sold by Resources is used for heating. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, more than 55 percent of the Company’s total dekatherms (“DTH”) of natural gas sales were made in the four-month period of December through March. Total natural gas deliveries were 11,903,920 DTH, 12,041,193 DTH, and 10,563,514 DTH in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The Company’s actual heating degree days in fiscal 2004 were approximately 93 percent of normal, as compared with approximately 103 percent and 83 percent of normal in fiscal years 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Suppliers

Roanoke Gas Company and Bluefield Gas Company are each served by multiple interstate and intrastate pipelines. Roanoke Gas is served by Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and Columbia Gulf Transmission Corporation (together “Columbia”), and East Tennessee Natural Gas Company, Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Midwestern Gas Transmission and Virginia Gas Pipeline Company. Bluefield Gas is served by Columbia and T&F Operating, Inc. Columbia historically has delivered approximately 60 percent of Roanoke Gas’ gas supply and 75 percent of Bluefield Gas’ gas supply, while the other pipelines deliver the balance of each companies’ requirements. The rates paid for natural gas transportation and storage services purchased from the interstate pipeline companies are established by tariffs approved by FERC. These tariffs contain flexible pricing provisions, which, in some instances, authorize these transporters to reduce rates and charges to meet price competition.

The Company currently uses long-term (multi-year) contracts to meet its system requirements. The Company’s current suppliers include Sequent Energy and Phoenix Energy Sales Company. The Company expects its firm supply agreements will be sufficient to supply the total system requirements during the period October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005.

The Company uses summer storage programs to supplement gas supply requirements during the winter months. The Company injects summer gas into its liquefied natural gas storage facility, which is capable of storing up to 220,000 DTH for use during peak demand winter periods. In addition, the Company has contracted for storage reserves from Columbia, Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Virginia Gas Pipeline Company with a combined total of more than three million dekatherms of storage capacity. Prior to November 1, 2004, the Company prepaid a portion of its winter requirements under the asset management agreement with a third party under the classification of prepaid gas service. Prepaid gas service represented the Company’s right to receive gas in the future from the asset manager. Effective November 1, 2004, Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas each entered into a new asset management contract with a different third party. Each new contract is a three-year agreement with similar terms to the expired contract with a key difference being that the Company maintains title to gas in storage. Under the new contract, the balance in prepaid gas service was converted to storage gas inventory with title and ownership maintained by Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas.

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Having multiple pipelines at each location, a liquified natural gas facility for peak shaving purposes and a number of underground storage options, the Company believes that it is well positioned to provide adequate gas supply for future customer growth.

Competition

Resources competes with suppliers of other energy sources such as fuel oil, electricity, propane and coal. Competition can be intense among the other energy sources and can be based primarily on price. This is particularly true for industrial applications where sales are at risk to price competition in markets, which may swing to other fuels, depending upon environmental regulation restriction on fuel usage

The regulated natural gas utilities operate in a monopolistic environment. Roanoke Gas currently holds the only franchises and/or certificates of public convenience and necessity to distribute natural gas in its Virginia service areas. The franchises generally extend for multi-year periods and are renewable by the municipalities. Certificates of public convenience and necessity, which are issued by the Virginia Commission, are of perpetual duration, subject to compliance with regulatory standards.

Roanoke Gas holds the only franchise to distribute natural gas in the cities of Roanoke and Salem and the Town of Vinton. These franchises expire December 31, 2015.

Bluefield Gas holds the only franchise to distribute natural gas in its West Virginia service area. Its franchise extends for a period of 30 years from August 23, 1979.

Management anticipates that the Company will be able to renew all of its franchises when they expire. There can be no assurance, however, that a given jurisdiction will not refuse to renew a franchise or will not, in connection with the renewal of a franchise, impose certain restrictions or conditions that could adversely affect the Company’s business operations or financial condition.

Regulation

Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas are subject to regulation at federal and state levels. Federally, the interstate gas transmission between Bluefield Gas and Roanoke Gas in Bluefield, Virginia is regulated by FERC. At the state level, the Virginia and West Virginia Commissions regulate Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas, respectively. Such regulation includes the prescription of rates and charges at which natural gas is sold to customers, the approval of agreements between or among affiliated companies involving the provision of goods and services, pipeline safety, and certain corporate activities of the Company, including mergers and acquisitions. Both state Commissions also grant certificates of public convenience and necessity to distribute natural gas in their respective states.

Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas are further regulated by the municipalities and localities that grant franchises for the placement of gas distribution pipelines and the operation of a gas distribution network within the streets and alleys of the municipalities.

Both Roanoke Gas and Bluefield Gas operated manufactured gas plants (MGPs) as a source of fuel for lighting and heating until the early 1950’s. A by-product of operating MGPs was coal tar, and the potential exists for on-site tar waste contaminants at former plant sites. The extent of contaminants at these sites, if any, is unknown at this time. An analysis at the Bluefield site indicates some soil contamination. The

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Company, with concurrence of legal counsel, does not believe any events have occurred requiring regulatory reporting. Further, the Company has not received any notices of violation or liabilities associated with environmental regulations related to the MGP sites and is not aware of any off-site contamination or pollution as a result of prior operations. Therefore, the Company has no plans for subsurface remediation at the MGP sites. Should the Company eventually be required to remediate either site, the Company will pursue all prudent and reasonable means to recover any related costs, including insurance claims and regulatory approval for rate case recognition of expenses associated with any work required. A stipulated rate case agreement between the Company and the West Virginia Public Service Commission recognized the Company’s right to defer MGP clean-up costs at the Bluefield site, should any be incurred, and to seek rate relief for such costs. If the Company eventually incurs costs associated with a required clean-up of either MGP site, the Company anticipates recording a regulatory asset for such clean-up costs to be recovered in future rates. Based on anticipated regulatory actions and current practices, management believes that any costs incurred related to this matter will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Employees

At September 30, 2004, Resources had 142 full-time employees. As of that date, 47 employees, or 33 percent of the Company’s full-time employees, belonged to the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union, AFL-CIO Local No. 2-515. Roanoke Gas Company currently has 37 of the unionized employees who are currently covered under a collective bargaining agreement with Resources. The union has been in place at the Company since 1952. The Roanoke Gas collective bargaining agreement will expire on July 31, 2005. Bluefield Gas Company currently has 10 unionized employees who are currently covered under a separate bargaining agreement. The Bluefield Gas collective bargaining agreement will expire on July 4, 2007. Management maintains an amicable relationship with the union.

Roanoke Gas owns and operates six metering stations through which it measures and regulates the gas being delivered by its suppliers. The location and physical description of the properties are as follows:

Gala Station – Located on Route 220 in Gala, Virginia – 1.000 acres.

Plantation Station - Parcel on Virginia Highway #601 near point of intersection of Hershberger Road (Rt. 623) and Rt. 601 - 1.590 acres.

J. M. Mason Station - S/E corner of Lakeside Circle and east of Lot #4 of Mill Road subdivision just east of Kessler Mill Road - .842 acres.

Sugarloaf Station - Parcel fronting on S/L of Rt. 686 and W/L of Lynnson Drive - .111 acres.

Clearbrook Station - Parcel 356’ west of Rt. 675 and 0.2 mile south of Rt. 220 - .255 acres.

Cave Spring Station - N/L Route 221 just west of Route 688 - 3.93 acres.

Roanoke Gas also owns two metering stations located on property owned by East Tennessee Natural Gas Company.

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The network of distribution lines include the Virginia cities of Roanoke and Salem, the Town of Vinton, the West Virginia city of Bluefield, the Virginia counties of Roanoke, Montgomery, Botetourt, Tazwell and Bedford and the West Virginia county of Mercer. These distribution lines are used to interconnect metering stations and supply and storage facilities with customers.

Located in Botetourt County is a liquefied natural gas storage facility that has the capacity to hold 220,000 DTH of natural gas.

Roanoke Gas’ general and business offices and the maintenance and service departments are located in Roanoke, Virginia on 8.57 acres of land along Kimball Avenue.

Bluefield Gas’ operations center and warehouse is located on 2.175 acres at 4699 East Cumberland Road. Bluefield owns a lot at 800 Pulaski Street, Bluefield, West Virginia. In addition, Bluefield owns two lots in the City of Bluefield, West Virginia, comprising approximately 1.23 acres, upon which its high pressure regulator stations are located.

In West Virginia, Diversified owns an office, loading platform and land in Rainelle and an office building and land in Beckley. Diversified also owns land in Anstead, Beckley and Dunsmore, which contain propane storage facilities owned by Inergy Propane, LLC. Diversified currently leases both offices and the land to Inergy Propane, LLC.

In Virginia, Diversified owns 5 tracts of land located in New Castle, Fort Chiswell, Buena Vista, Low Moor and Roanoke. These sites contain propane storage facilities owned by Inergy Propane, LLC, and Diversified currently leases these properties to Inergy Propane, LLC.

The Company considers its present properties adequate. The Company intends to construct additional distribution lines as customer growth and pipeline replacement needs warrant.

Not applicable.

There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the year ended September 30, 2004.

Pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K, the following list is included as an unnumbered Item in Part I of this report in lieu of being included in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on January 24, 2005.

The names, ages and positions of all of the executive officers of RGC Resources, Inc. as of September 30, 2004, are listed below with their business experience for the past five years. Officers are appointed annually by the Board of Directors at the meeting of directors immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There are no family relationships among these officers, nor any agreement or understanding between any officer and any other person pursuant to which the officer was selected.

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Previous and present duties and responsibilities:

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PART II

The information set forth under the caption “Market Price and Dividend Information” in the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference. As of November 30, 2004, there were approximately 1,660 holders of record of the Company’s common stock. This number does not include all beneficial owners of common stock who hold their shares in “street name.”

The information set forth under the caption “Selected Financial Data” in the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

The information set forth under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

The information set forth under the caption “Market Risk” in the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

The following consolidated financial statements of the registrant and the Independent Auditors’ Report included in the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders are incorporated herein by reference:

Not applicable.

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Based on their evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by Rule 13a-15 (e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2004, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There have been no significant changes during the quarter ended September 30, 2004 in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could materially affect, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, this internal control over financial reporting.

Not applicable.

PART III

For information with respect to the executive officers of the registrant, see “Executive Officers of the Registrant” at the end of Part I of this report. For information with respect to the directors and nominees and the audit committee financial expert of the registrant, see “Election of Directors of Resources” and “Audit Committee,” respectively, in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources, which information is incorporated herein by reference. The information with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, which is set forth under the caption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources, is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to all of its officers, directors and employees. The Company has posted the text of its Code of Ethics on its Internet website at www.rgcresources.com.

The information set forth under the captions “Executive Compensation,” “Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors,” “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” and “Performance Graph” in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources is incorporated herein by reference.

The information pertaining to shareholders beneficially owning more than five percent of the registrant’s common stock and the security ownership of management, which is set forth under the captions “The Annual Meeting of Shareholders “ and “Security Ownership of Management” in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources, is incorporated herein by reference.

The information set forth under the caption “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans” in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources is incorporated herein by reference.

The information with respect to certain transactions with management of the registrant, which is set forth under the caption “Transactions with Management” in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources, is incorporated herein by reference.

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The information set forth under the caption “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” in the Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Resources is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

All financial statements of the registrant as set forth under Item 8 of this Report on Form 10-K.

All schedules are omitted, as the required information is inapplicable or the information is presented in the consolidated financial statements or related notes thereto.

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On July 17, 2004, the Company filed a current report on Form 8-K, dated July 13, 2004, reporting under Item 5 thereof the announcement of the sale of propane assets of its operating subsidiary, Diversified Energy Company d/b/a Highland Propane Company and the declaration of a special dividend of $4.50 per share payable on December 8, 2004 to shares holders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2004.

On July 27, 2004, the Company filed a current report on Form 8-K, dated July 12, 2004 reporting under Item 2 thereof the sale of propane assets of its operating subsidiary, Diversified Energy Company d/b/a Highland Propane Company, and filing the related Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 12, 2004 as an exhibit.

On August 16, 2004, the Company filed a current report on Form 8-K, dated August 16, 2004, furnishing under Items 7 and 12 thereof a press release announcing the financial results of the third quarter of fiscal year 2004, including applicable financial statements.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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